Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati, O.F.M. Ref. †

Deceased

Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China

Titular Bishop of Arad

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Oct 1799		Born
1820	20.1	Professed	Member of Order of Reformed Friars Minor
30 Aug 1839	39.8	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
3 Sep 1839	39.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Arad
19 Jul 1840	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Arad
27 Jan 1856	56.2	Resigned	Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang, China
16 Apr 1862	62.4	Died	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Houkouang, China

MicroData Summary
Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati
Bishop Giovanni Domenico Rizzolati O.F.M. Ref.
(born 30 Oct 1799, died 16 Apr 1862)
Vicar Apostolic of Houkouang

Event Place
Birth Place Clauzetto, Diocese of Concordia (Sagittaria), Italy
Ordained Bishop Shansi
Death Place Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy

a bishop for 21.7 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. †
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Assisted by:
Father Filippo Grosso
Priest
Father Salvatore Irtelli, O.F.M.
Priest of Order of Friars Minor

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Joachin (Gioacchino Domenico) Salvetti, O.F.M. Obs. † (1817)
Titular Bishop of Euroea in Epiro
Bishop Cajetan Pires Pireira, C.M. † (1806)
Bishop of Nanking [Nanjing]
Bishop Alexandre de Gouvea (Gouveia), T.O.R. † (1783)
Bishop of Peking [Beijing]
Archbishop Francisco da Assumpção e Brito, O.E.S.A. † (1773)
Archbishop of Goa
João Cosme Cardinal da Cunha (de Nossa Senhora da Porta), C.R.S.A. † (1746)
Archbishop of Évora
Tomás Cardinal de Almeida † (1707)
Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}
Bishop Nuno da Cunha e Ataíde † (1706)
Titular Bishop of Targa
Bishop Álvaro de Abranches e Noronha † (1694)
Bishop of Leiria
Bishop João de Sousa † (1684)
Bishop of Porto
Archbishop Veríssimo de Lencastre † (1671)
Archbishop Emeritus of Braga
Bishop Francesco Ravizza † (1667)
Titular Bishop of Sidon
Neri Cardinal Corsini † (1652)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Fabio Cardinal Chigi † (1635)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Bishop Miguel Juan Balaguer Camarasa, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1635)
Bishop of Malta
Francesco Maria Cardinal Brancaccio † (1627)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Cosimo Cardinal de Torres † (1621)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio
Maffeo (Virginio Romolo) Cardinal Barberini † (1604)
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Onofrio
Patriarch Fabio Biondi (Blondus de Montealto) † (1588)
Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem {Gerusalemme}
Scipione Cardinal Gonzaga † (1585)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria del Popolo
Iñigo Cardinal Avalos de Aragón, O.S. † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Pius V (1556)
(St. Antonio (Michele) Ghislieri, O.P. †)
Giovanni Michele Cardinal Saraceni † (1536)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Antonio Cardinal Sanseverino, O.S.Io.Hieros. † (1531)
Archbishop of Taranto
Pope Clement VII (1517)
(Giulio de’ Medici †)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Théodore-Augustin Forcade, M.E.P. † (1847)
Bishop Giuseppe Giacomo Novella, O.F.M. Ref. † (1847)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop Benedetto D’Acquisto, O.F.M. Ref. † (1859)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64214851

Source(s):

b: LC
c2: CB
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 85
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1840, Number 21
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 6, Number 271, Ascendance
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 371, Ascendance
b: Bishops-In-China.com, 20 Jan 2020
Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 15, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 75, Number 5,996

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